- 2018-10-27 12:00
- stalo_se
CSA Czech Airlines will add their second widebody to the fleet. The Airbus A330-200 will be registered as OK-GBB, and has been leased from Air Transat for the winter season 2018/19.
The airplane (MSN 427, manufactured at 2001) started as G-OJMB for JMC Air Services charters (and leased e.g. to Garuda) and went to Thomas Cook UK together with JMC Air. It has been re-registered as C-GTSI for Air Transat at 2011. Travel Service Poland has ACMI-leased it for last winter and it returns this winter, with Czech crews and under Czech registration.
As the CSA spokesman Daniel Å abÃk confirmed to planes.cz, OK-GBB will fly from Warsaw from November 2018 until March 2019 and will serve long haul routes, e.g. Punta Cana, Zan...
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The Ryanair website offers three new direct flights from Prague for next summer. All flights should start on Monday, April 1st, 2019. The FR8210/1 flights are offered between Prague and Bari (Mo+Fr, 07:00 Prague 08:55 Bari 09:20 Prague 11:15). Bari connection is offered already now, however there is a transfer at BGY. The second route, FR8242/3 is expected to connect Prague with Pescara (Mo: 13:25 PRG 15:05 Pescara 15:30 Pragie 17:10. Friday flights are set to the following times: 11:50 Prague 13:30 Pescara 13:55 Prague 15:35). The FR8260/1 flights are scheduled for Treviso in northern Italy (Mo: 09:40 Prague 10:55 Treviso 11:20 Prague 12:35, We and Fr: 10:25 Prague 11:40 Treviso 12:05, Prague 13:05, Su: 14:05 Prague 15:20 Treviso 15:45, Prague 17:00).
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A Qatar Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner will be used on the second Doha-Prague frequency since Oct 28th. Both flights are serviced by an A320 nowadays. The QR 291/2 flights will leave Doha at 8 a.m. to land in Prague at 12:25. The return flight is scheduled for 4:10 p.m. (PRG) to 11:40 p.m. (DOH). All times local.
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The UAE lowcost Air Arabia connects Sharjah to Prague from Dec 11th. An Airbus A320 will depart Sharjah every Tuesday and Sunday as G9 584 at 8 am and lands in Prague at 11:40. The return flight (G9 583) departs at 12:25 and should land at 21:25 at the home base. Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday times are 15:30 Sharjah, 19:10-21:10 Praha, 6:10 (+1) Sharjah.
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As Reuters reported Today, Thai branch of Air Asia X is planning to launch Bangkok - Prague (- Vienna, - Stockholm) after delivery of two new aircraft in April 2019. Air Asia has 100 Airbus 330neo on order so this type will be probably selected for operation the service.
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CSA Czech Airlines decided to cancel their Skopje flights effective July 18. This regular service has been opened in 2016 and flew 3 times a week, to be changed to seasonal very early and canceled these days.
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Monday October 29th will see the start of the new Belfast-Prague connection by easyJet. An Airbus A319 will leave Belfast as EZY6789 every Monday at 9:55 local time, land at Prague at 1:25 p.m. and leave at 2 p.m. as EZY6790 for landing back at Belfast at 3:35. On Fridays, the times are 7:15 from Belfastu, Prague 10:45 - 11:20, return to BFS at 12:55.
The route is not serviced nowadays, however it used to be flown by Bmibaby, Jet2 or easyJet in the past.
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Ryanair, irish low-cost airline, announced Today start of new service from Kosice (eastern Slovakia) to London Southend airport. The service is scheduled from April 2nd 2019, and will be operated three times per week (Tu, Th and Sa). Boeing 737 will land at Kosice 10:40 am and will depart 11:05 am.
Ticket price is starting at 24.99 EUR
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Czech Airlines are wet-leasing a new Airbus A321 MSN 878 from Danish Air Transport. Aircraft, registered in Denmark as OY-RUU, has flown as B-2370 for Sichuan Airlines from 1998 till March 2018.
Delivery from Billund is scheduled to weekend June 9-10, with scheduled return at the end of October 2018. CSA is planning to use it on Madrid service and other larger demand destinations.
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